Example sentences of "think of [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could think of hundreds , no , thousands of replies just at this moment and each one had innumerable abusive words peppered throughout . |
| 2 | I can only think of two adverts with Black children on . |
| 3 | I can think of two reasons . |
| 4 | He could think of two of his fellow students who might be suitable but they too had degree courses to finish and Adam was beginning to think very seriously of not returning to college . |
| 5 | ‘ I ca n't think of two more depressing words then ‘ healthy eating ’ — together they conjure up images of grated carrot , naked lettuce and slices of vegetarian quiche . |
| 6 | I can only think of two things small enough and valuable enough : precious stones or drugs . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I can think of two other people who might want Hereward dead . ’ |
| 8 | So , erm you might not get on to number four , if you do , or I tell you to start , can you think of two or three images to add to it which would , which would fit in with the others . |
| 9 | Two times five and what about the thirty six can you think of two numbers that would make thirty six when you multiply them together ? |
| 10 | And , just quickly , I can think of two or three examples of children who in fact became very suicidal through their depression . |
| 11 | oh Rebecca , I can think of five million things I 'd rather do Rebecca says she likes ironing I certainly do n't |
| 12 | We should think of 1 — 3 as formal properties ; beliefs with these properties would stop the regress , but any such formal property needs to be grounded in a more substantial ‘ epistemic ’ property . |
| 13 | Most of them , perhaps , were doctors , government servants of one degree or another ; a few were farmers ( I can think of one , still remembered ) and some were just friends , as I myself have been for the Bakgatia and , I hope , for the whole new country of Botswana . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , I can think of one or two people who might have wanted to harm her , as you suggest . |
| 15 | I honestly can not think of one good thing which Labour proposes to do . |
| 16 | I can not think of one argument against staying warm and dry . |
| 17 | ‘ When sport is trying to come to terms with economic reality , I can think of one area in the business which will say as a result of this that they can not associate themselves with it — sponsorship . |
| 18 | ‘ When sport is trying to come to terms with economic reality , I can think of one area in the business which will say as a result of this that they can not associate themselves with it — sponsorship . |
| 19 | ‘ I can think of one client where almost 90% of their income is generated outside the UK . |
| 20 | ‘ I can think of one firm that I think had tried to pull the wool over our eyes for many years . |
| 21 | I think the monarchy is stopping us from being a classless society but I ca n't think of one country in the world whether it 's communist , whether it 's a new country like Australia what does n't have the rich , the poor , the upper class and the lower |
| 22 | Well I can think of one M S one in our er office who I 'd be quite erm quite happy with him doing all the project eng engineering duties except finance . |
| 23 | But somehow Folly could only think of one person who might have sent her so tantalising a message . |
| 24 | If I can think of one thing that makes modern software easy to use leading up to Windows it is the split screen . |
| 25 | And we ca n't think of one fucking thing to do . |
| 26 | At one point the heroine wants to go out , but can only think of one place to go with a baby in a pram : the launderette . |
| 27 | I can think of one c comment Chairman . |
| 28 | It would clearly be very difficult to compare one disaster to another , in fact I 'm not even sure you could do it from a grammatical point of view , but if you were to point your finger somewhere in the world and say , ‘ We really ought to look at what 's happening here , or what might happen there , ’ could you think of one outstanding example ? |
| 29 | After an intensive rehabilitation programme of physiotherapy and speech therapy , Elinor appeared to have completely recovered from her stroke , although she could no longer think of three things at once , which Buzz said was a mercy for the people who had to live with her . |
| 30 | If I want to break a lock on someone 's front door , I can think of three ways . |